Clarence Goodson

A day after cutting Landon Donovan from his World Cup team, U.S. Coach Juergen Klinsmann on Friday defended the 23-man roster he will take to Brazil next month.

"I have to do what I believe is the right thing as of today," he said. "And time will tell now over the next seven weeks if it was the right move, if it was the right decisions on players, on tactical approaches against Ghana, Portugal and Germany and everything we’re going to do now, from today going forward.

"As of today I'm very strongly convinced this is the right way to go, this is the right decision that we made. And I believe in that."

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